Upvote, downvote: Men's Rights Redditors on the evils of "p*ssy privilege" and women being encouraged to go into tech

Many Men’s Rights Redditors see themselves as fighting a noble fight against genuinely evil, misandrist radical feminists on the internet. One of their most powerful weapons: the deadly downvote.

Reading through one old thread on Men’s Rights last night, I noticed how some Men’s Rights Redditors had deftly deployed their downvotes to fight off the evil feminist misandry lurking in this comment:

Outrageous! A statement that could have been ripped straight from Valerie Solanas’ SCUM Manifesto!

Kudos to the brave Redditors who saw this vile misandry for what it was.

Elsewhere in the same thread, I happily noticed, Men’s Rights Redditors were helpfully upvoting the reasonable and uplifting sentiments of decent fellows, like the Men’s Rights Redditor who goes by the name theboners, who offered a sensibly critical take on the always controversial question of whether or not it was a good idea for men to give in to “pussy privilege” and let ladies have the vote:

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Tech is the new law. Lots of people went to law school thinking that have a law degree guaranteed a successful high paying career. Now there are too many lawyers and not enough jobs in the field to go around. At least in the US. I don’t know about elsewhere.

Now everyone is studying STEM thinking the same thing and there’s already starting to be too few jobs to go around.

Gee, then I wonder why, during this shitty economy, EVERYONE isn’t going into tech! I mean, god, had I known it was that easy, I would NEVER have scrubbed toilets and cleaned hotel laundry for a living!

Tech is the new law. Lots of people went to law school thinking that have a law degree guaranteed a successful high paying career. Now there are too many lawyers and not enough jobs in the field to go around. At least in the US. I don’t know about elsewhere.

It’s the exact opposite here in Germany. Germany’s economy is still more based on manufacture than other European economies or, I guess, the US economy, so the demand for engineers is higher. But there are just too few of them graduating. So I suppose if US-Americans with engineering degree are looking for a job… here in Germany they are desperately sought after.

You do realise that it’s incredibly easy to get into the tech field? It’s just (quelle fucking surprise) women choose other careers.

Because we have a choice.

Yes, of course women do. But choices are never made in a vacuum. There are subtle social expectations and role models, and there is very blunt social pressure. So given that, why shouldn’t there be encouragement for young women to get into tech fields? Some encouragment to counter the discouragement they experience from society in general.

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